Pregnant at Christmas time?
This will be my second pregnancy over Christmas I don’t really remember much from last time round as it was four years ago. Other than making Cranberry sauce in a silk dress rather impromptly! However this time round there are some things I’ve been doing to try and keep the festive season as stress free and enjoyable as possible. After all happy mummy means happy baby!! So here are my tips for being pregnant at Christmas
I recently bought a few vintage Martha Stewart Christmas books and I have enjoyed looking through them immensely. I was surprised at how the ideas included are still as beautiful and elegant today as they were in the early nineties when the books were published. The books I bought are "Crafts and Keepsakes for the Holidays" and "Handmade Christmas". They focus on traditional ideas for creating handmade gifts and decorations for your home. Although I love many modern ideas for Christmas time there's something about a classic Christmas that never goes out of style.
I’ve just finished putting together a big batch of gingerbread for the children to give to their teachers this Christmas. If you’re looking for an inexpensive, simple homemade gift then it doesn’t get much better than this!
When I was little I was fascinated by meringue. My mum used to make lots of meringue-based desserts and I was always on call to lick the whisk. I loved that simply mixing just two ingredients resulted in something so delicious and remember trying to make meringue myself at a fairly tender age.
I still love meringue based desserts and none more so than the fabulously named Eton Mess. It has got to be one of my favourite summer treats - it's so easy to make, so light and delicious it would be a crime to confine it to summer. This Christmas Mess is suitably festive and can still be thrown together in under 10 minutes if you use store-bought ingredients. As you can see I decided to make it from scratch - what can I say, I had leftover egg whites begging to be used.
I folded in some no fat Greek yoghurt along with the whipped cream to make the Mess even lighter than usual. The slightly tangy taste goes really well with the tart sweetness of the cranberries. If you wanted to make this even fancier you can layer the kisses and pipe the whipped cream.
